31977R0820

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 820/77 of 22 April 1977 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 May to 31 COMMUNITIES, July 1977 ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 Economic Community, November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, trends in world market prices for feed grain should be Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No taken into account only if at the same time a new slui­ 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ ce-gate price is being fixed ; tion of the market in pigmeat ( !), as amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 367/76 (2), and in particular Articles 8 Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed, and 12 ( 1 ) thereof, trends in world market prices for feed grain must be taken into account in fixing the levies ; Whereas sluice-gate prices for pig carcases and for the other products specified in Article 1 of Council Regu­ Whereas in the case of products falling within any of lation (EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 esta­ subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A oi blished the list of products for which sluice-gate 16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for of which the rate of duty has been bound within fixing the sluice-gate price for pig carcases (3), as GATT, the levies should be limited to the amounts amended by Regulation (EEC) No 370/76 (4), and resulting from that binding ; levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be fixed in Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulatior advance for each quarter in accordance with the methods of calculation laid down in Commission are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Pigmeat, Regulation (EEC) No 1760/76 of 22 July 1976 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (5) ;

Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1 68/77 (6), for the period 1 February to 30 April 1 977, they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July 1977 ; whereas such prices and levies should in Article 1 principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for the period 1 November 1976 to 31 March 1977 ; 1 . For the period 1 May to 31 July 1977 the sluice­ Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1 gate prices provided for in Article 12 of Regulation November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed, (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 and the taken into account only if the value of the quantity of levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) feed grain required varies by at least a specified No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ' minimum in relation to that used in calculating the of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annei hereto . sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas this minimum was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 at 3 % ; 2. Provided that, in the case of products falling within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies A I, 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been quarter ; whereas trends in world market prices for bound within GAIT, the levy shall not exceed the feed grain must therefore be taken into account when amount resulting from that binding.

(•) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 1 . (J) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 25. Article 2 (") OJ No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 4. (») OJ No L 197, 23 . 7. 1976, p. 21 . (6) OJ No L 24, 28 . 1 . 1977, p. 10 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1977.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 22 April 1977. For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

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ANNEX

Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of levies rate of duty heading price bound within No j Description of goods u.a ./ 100 kg u. a. /100 kg GATT (% )

01.03 Live swine :

A. Damestic species : II . Other : a) Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not less than 160 kg 53-28 18-38 62-65 21-61 __ b) Other

02.01 Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No 01.01 , 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled or frozen : A. Meat : III . Of swine : a) Of domestic swine : 1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet or flare fait 81-47 28-10 2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) 126-29 43-56 __ 3 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­ in) 99-40 34-28 _ 4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) 131-99 45-53 — 5 . Bellies ( streaky) and cuts of bellies 70-88 24-45 — 6. Other : aa) Boned or boneless and frozen 131-99 45-53 _ bb) Other — 45-53 —

B. Offals : II . Other : c) Of domestic swine : 1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks -— 8-99 9 2. Feet ; tails -— 2-53 9 — 29-51 9 3 . Kidneys 4 . Livers — 34-00 11 — 16-86 9 5. Hearts ; tongues ; lungs 6. Livers , hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea and gullet 24-73 9 7. Other — 24-73 9

02.05 Pig fat free of lean meat and poultry fat (not rendered or solvent­ extracted), fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked :

A. Back-fat : I. Fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine 34-22 11-80 — II . Dried or smoked — 13-77 —

— 6-74 — B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A

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Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of heading levies rate of duty Description of goods price bound within No u. a. /100 kg u.a./100 kg GATT (% ) 02.06 Meat and edible meat offals ( except poultry liver), salted, in brine, dried or smoked :

B. Meat and edible meat offals of domestic swine : I. Meat : a) Salted or in brine : 1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet or flare fat 81-47 28-10 2 . Bacon sides, sipencers, 3 /4 sides and middles : 109-99 37-94 — aa) Bacon sides — 37-94 — bb ) Spencers — 42-15 — cc) 3/4 sides and middles 126-29 — 3 . Hams and cuts of hams , unboned ( bone-in ) 43-56 4 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned 99-40 34-28 — ( bone-in ) 131-99 45-53 — 5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned ( bone-in ) 70-88 24-45 — 6. Bellies ( streaky ) and cuts of bellies 7. Other — 45-53 — b) Dried or smoked : 1 . Carcases or half-carcases , with or without heads, feet or flare fat 42-15 2 . Bacon sides , spencers , 3 /4 sides and middles : — — aa) Bacon sides 42-15 — — bb) Spencers 42-15 cc) 3 /4 sides and middles — 46-37 — 3 . Hams and cuts of hams , unboned ( bone-in ) : aa ) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 56-20 — bb ) Other — 79-25 4 . Shoulders ( fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­ in ) : 39-34 — aa) Slightly dried or .slightly smoked bb ) Other — 62-39 — - 5 . Loins and cuts of loins , unboned (bone-in) : aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 59-01 — — 78-41 — bb ) Other 6. Bellies ( streaky ) and cuts of bellies : — 28-10 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked _ 40-75 — bb ) Other 7 . Other : — 59-01 — aa ) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 79-25 — bb ) Other II . Edible meat offals : a) Heads and cuts of heads ; necks — 8-99 — — 2-53 _ b) Feet ; tails _ 29-51 — c) Kidneys — 34-00 — d ) Livers _ 16-86 — c) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs f) Livers , hearts , tongues and lungs attached to the trachea 24-73 and guller R) Other — 24-73

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Conventional OCT Sluice-gate Amount of levies rate of duty heading Description of goods price bound within No u. a. / 100 kg u. a. /100 irg GATT ( % ) I

15.01 Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent extracted :

A. Lard and other pig fat : I. For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption (a) 8-99 3 II. Other 26-07 8-99 —

16.01 Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :

A. Liver sausages — 51-90 24

B. Other (b) : — 90-76 — I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked II. Other — 60-36 —

16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :

A. Liver : II . Other — 56-32 25

B. Other : III. Other : a) Containing meat or offals of domestic swine and con­ taining by weight : 1 . 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin : aa) Hams, fillets and loins ; pieces thereof — 92-77 — bb) Shoulders and pieces thereof — 77-22 — cc) Other — 54-95 — 2. 40 °/o or more but less than 80 % of meat or offals, of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin 48-63 __ 3 . Less than 40 °/o of meat or offal, of any kind, includ­ ing fats of any kind or origin — 29-80 —

(a) Entry under this subheading is subjcct to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities. (b) The levy on sausages imported in containers which also contain preserving liquid, shall be charged on the net weight, i.e. minus the weight of the hquid.